The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-07-28
THE PIEDMONT SECTION.
ITEMS OF NEWS FROM NEAR BY
COUNTIES.

ITEMS OF NEWS FROM NEAR By
COUNTIES.
a Haversack of Happenings Gathered
From Our Exchanges in Piedmont
North Car
Reidsville wants town clock.
Eggs are cts a dozen in Reidsville.
Statesville reports many eastern visitors.
Three more stores are to go up in High
Point soon.
Rumor says Reidsville is to have another
newspaper.
The two hotels of High Point are doing
a rushing business, says the Enterprise.
The National Bank of Greensboro has de-
clared semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent.
The Iron Bound Bucket Co. of Reidsville
is turning out fifty frst-class Buckets per day.
The Prohibition Banner has moved from
Statesvills to Hamptonyille, Yadkin coun-
ty.
The excursion from Greensboro to Wash
ington next Tuesday promises to be well
patronized.
The Baptist Church of Greensboro will
run an excursion to Washington City next
Tuesday.
The Oakdale Mn'f e Co. of jamestown
are building large brick additions to their
cotton fectory.
The Friends will celebrate the 5Oth an
niversary of their school at New Garden,
August 10th.
Twenty thousand watermelons passed
through Greensboro one night last week 60
ing northward.
Died on Monday, July 18th, Mrs. T.
Lindsay, mother of Mr.. William Lindsay
at Reidsville.
Hold. Geo. D. Wise, of Virginia passed
through Reidsville few days ago on his
way to California.
The third Quarterly Meeting of the NJ. E.
Church, South will convene at Danbury Au-
gust 18th and 18th.
The business men of Gerr1anton, Stokes
county will make an effort to erect a tobacco
warehouse soon.
The citizens of Greensboro are determin-
ed to have a patent roller Touring mill, and
from indications that soon.
An exchange says the preachers have be-
gun denouncing the lille cigarette pic
tures'' from the pulpit.
The Weekly says there Is young chap
in Reidsville who tells his dream of the
night before to his sweetheart every day.
The contract for Greensboro's new graded
school building has been awarded to Mr..
Thos. Woodroffe, of that city, at ST., 79O.
The Naomi Falls and the Randleman
cotton factories will soon pnt in consider
able new machinery and increase capacity.
The colored S. Z. of 0. F. will celebrate
their 10th anniversary in Reidsville on Au-
gust 4th. Several neighboring towns will
be represented.
High Point had terrible storm last week.
The Jordan warehouse was demolished, and
the roof of the Mt. Vernon Mills was part
ly torn off. Loss $4,000.
Senator Vance, according to the Greens
boro Workman, said all he knew about f.
nances was that it took two better names
| than his to get money out of bank.
The keidsville Weekly saws Sambs Penn
| a little pickaninny about six years old and
as black as the ace of spades, picks a banjo
| perfectly and dances waltz divinely.
The Board of Aldermen of Greensber,
have granted the right of way to DR.. j. W.
| Griffith, of that city, to establish a street
railway The work of constructing the line
will begin soon.
There is baby in Gullford county one
year old, which has never been known to
cry or even whimper. 1t is not deaf anC
dumb either 1t insight be termed mode
baby.
1t is said that the Brewer Manufacturing
Cos Insurance suit, Of Mt Airy, which has
been pending for several years, has beer
compromised satisfactorily to all partie
| concerned.
The Dansury Reporter says: From tn
best information we can get Stokes will no
grow more than one-third of an ayerag
crop of tobacco this year even with a fin
season from now onward.
The Dan River Union of Baptist Chur
ches will convene with the church at Saint
Delight on Saturday before the fifth Sunda,
in July, 1887, and hold three days. The
public are invited.
Private citizens have subscribed a suffi
cient amount in Greensboro to build
branch of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Vale
R. r. from Stokesdale to Madison. Mad
ison recently voted against subscribing
the same road.
A committee from the State penitsntiar
will meet the stockholders of the c. F. &
V. R. r. in Greensboro on August 18th 70
the purpose of the latter making terms wit
the former in regard to the employment c
convicts to build the branch of this road
Madison, Rockingham county.
Mr.. Hiram w. Brummell, an aged an
highly respected citizen of Davidson, die
at his home in that county on Tuesday {
last week. He was rs years old. Mr.. Brum
NELL was elected to the Legislature fror
his county once by the largest majorit
that a candidate ever received in Davidson